For millions of French people, the pace of work and the way of exercising their profession has changed radically with the confinement and implementation of telework. However, while many thought that staying at home and avoiding public transport would allow them to finish their day less tired, it is often the opposite that happens, and the end of the day rhymes with big stroke of fatigue. Not surprisingly, explains to Europe 1 Léonard Anthony, hypnosis practitioner and specialist in fatigue management, guest of Sans rendez-vous , who recalls that a day of telework often does not involve any dead time.
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"In normal times, when you come back from work, you are on the move, so you have naturally integrated break times, even if they can be tiring, such as in transport," says Leonard Anthony. However, he adds, "the notion of movement is essential".
"There are additional stresses"
Conversely, a day of telework, less rich in movement, is also less rich in breaks. "There is no downtime," says the specialist, "we are chaining the phone calls." And according to him, "it is much more tiring to focus all your intention on a single means of communication, a single sensory space, than when you are face to face, that you look at yourself, that you feel the person move".
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Finally, confinement can also be more tiring due to the presence of family members in the workplace. "It is not easy to manage," says Leonard Anthony, who takes the example of mothers in videoconference interrupted by their children. "There are additional stresses."
"There are lots of parameters to take into account and which make it not the usual telework", continues the guest of Europe 1, insisting on "the absence of human contact" with colleagues. "It is important to see how much contact we need," he concludes.